Actually I wear one contact for distance as well.....per my optometrist. I don't need vision correction for distance in my right eye....however when working close up, as in sewing/quiting/reading sometimes....I wear cheaters...cheap little reading glasses I can buy most anywhere....they are the 1.25 correction and they work great...my optometrist suggested this as well.
I do agree that you ought to at least check with your optometist and see if this will work for you and you may need a different power...I was wearing the 1.50 cheaters and now the eye's have improved some again....which is also why I only wear the one contact in my left eye.